Inheritance (The)

  • Héritage (L') [dir. Ephraim ASILI] (The Inheritance)
Genre : Experimental
Type : Docu-drama
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Principal country concerned : Column : Cinema/tv
Year of production : 2020
Format : Feature
Running time : 100 (in minutes)
https://tiff.net/events/the-inheritance

A young man inherits his grandmother's house and, with the encouragement of his girlfriend, turns it into a Black socialist collective where community forms the basis of family.

Ephraim Asili's The Inheritance weaves histories of the West Philadelphia-based MOVE Organization, the Black Arts Movement, and dramatizations of the life of the filmmaker when he was a member of a Black activist collective. Centering on what Asili describes as a "speculative reenactment" of his time in a West Philadelphia collective, the actors scripted lives on set are entwined with cameos by MOVE's Debbie Africa, Mike Africa Sr., and Mike Africa Jr., and poet-activists Sonia Sanchez and Ursula Rucker.

Commissioned by the EMPAC. Producer: Ephraim Asili. Executive Producer: Victoria Brooks. Cinematography: Ephraim Asili. Produced by : Asili Vision. Sound: Stephen McLaughlin.

The Inheritance | Official Trailer from Grasshopper Film on Vimeo.

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Partners

  • Arterial network
  • Media, Sports and Entertainment Group (MSE)
  • Gens de la Caraïbe
  • Groupe 30 Afrique
  • Alliance Française VANUATU
  • PACIFIC ARTS ALLIANCE
  • FURTHER ARTS
  • Zimbabwe : Culture Fund Of Zimbabwe Trust
  • RDC : Groupe TACCEMS
  • Rwanda : Positive Production
  • Togo : Kadam Kadam
  • Niger : ONG Culture Art Humanité
  • Collectif 2004 Images
  • Africultures Burkina-Faso
  • Bénincultures / Editions Plurielles
  • Africiné
  • Afrilivres

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